Suzanne Conklin Akbari, born on and returned to Lenapehoking. Changed by a 2013 battle to save open space and grass, now working for green spaces everywhere.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined February 2013
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This speaks to me, so much: the struggle to save the open green space of #UofT's Back Campus in spring 2013 has shaped all of my work since then. I'm so grateful to have learned from that time, though sad that we lost the space and the grass: thevarsity.ca/2013/02/25/tur…
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"Tens of thousands of children" have been separated from their parents after ICE deported them before they could reunite.
1/NEW: Trump’s rush to deport as many immigrants as possible is creating a new family separation crisis. Like last time, the admin claims this is untrue. But separations are not hard to find, as I learned while reporting on cases in AL, CA, IL, MO, and TX. theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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NEW: In a Texas courtroom Monday, 25 migrant children lined the pews — a 9yo rested her head on the table, a 6yo pretended to fly an airplane, and a 3yo played with the mic. Many in attendance didn't have an attorney — and a 13yo was ordered removed. A look inside, thru sketches.
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“Would you like to request voluntary departure, or should I issue a removal order?” The judge asked.
“I don’t know,” Angel, 13, replied before bursting into tears. He stared ahead stoically and continued to cry, eventually saying: “I have no one. I have nothing.”
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Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza.
May peace be our future.
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8/ The result on the ground is alarming. Large areas of Palestinian land are targeted in the name of archaeology and Palestinian communities are being excluded from their cultural heritage sites and displaced from their homes and lands.
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4/ This distinction is fundamental. The SOA’s mandate is to safeguard antiquities in the Occupied Territory for the benefit of the local population, not to use them to advance the political interests of the occupying power.
ALT Minister of Environmental Protection, Idit Silman and Head of the Samaria Regional Council, Yossi Dagan, at Sebastia, 1st October, 2023
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1/ "Over the past three years, the Staff Officer for Archaeology has become an executive arm for annexation and the seizure of land on behalf of the settlers," Emek Shaveh's @AlonArad1 tells @Haaretzcom. 🧵haaretz.com/israel-news/elec…
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🇫🇷 An equestrian center in Biscarrosse, southwestern France, released its horses as wildfire approached
Staff gave the animals a chance to survive and opened the gates because smoke, heat, and the speed of the flames made trailer evacuation impossible.
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Former Israeli intelligence officer, and Dean of Columbia's SIPA, announces its new Middle East curriculum. Her Israeli intelligence experience used to be featured on her SIPA profile too. That's now changed.
Three things that make SIPA's new undergraduate major different, per Dean Keren @YarhiMilo: an interdisciplinary curriculum, scholar + practitioner faculty, and a Policy Practicum with government agencies, leading NGOs, and private corporations.
Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP).
Course offerings and major declaration open in the 2026–27 academic year.
sipa.columbia.edu/sipa-educa…
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Héctor Bellerín @HectorBellerin has once again used his voice for Palestine, reminding us football can be a powerful platform to send positive messages.
He also pointed to FIFA’s double standards. Football stood with Ukraine, but failed to do the same for Palestine.
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If you ever doubt how magical this world is, one day you will decide to go to a World Cup watch party in Oakland that you found online to root for a country where you spent two years trying to coax English out of the mouths of Cape Verdean teenagers. 1/7
An incredible new low from @porterairlines and @loganairports - PD2947 landed in Boston just before 3 pm and had to wait for a gate (1/n)
Interestingly there was a controversial bomb threat situation at Billy Bishop in 2022, so maybe they want to keep today’s excitement out of the media (12/n) toronto.citynews.ca/2022/12/…
